Tabby Launches School Fee Payment Plans Across UAE

Riyadh-headquartered fintech company Tabby has launched school fee payment plans in the UAE through a partnership with education payments platform Zenda, allowing parents to split tuition and related education costs into instalments over periods of up to 12 months. The payment plans cover tuition fees, transport, extracurricular activities and uniforms, and are available through existing school payment systems across the UAE. The service is already live across more than 100 educational institutions nationwide, including Amity School Dubai and the University of Sharjah. The rollout spans secondary schools, universities, nurseries and professional education providers. Through the Zenda integration, schools can offer structured instalment plans directly to parents while aiming to reduce payment delays and improve cash-flow predictability for institutions. The company said it is initially focusing on nurseries, kindergartens and mid-market to lower premium schools, with expected early demand concentrated in Dubai and Abu Dhabi before expanding further across Sharjah and Ajman. According to Tabby, its payment model does not require credit cards, does not block a customer’s full spending limit and is underwritten at a transaction level using a monthly fee structure. The company also said it is working with schools and related service providers to expand payment coverage further across buses, extracurricular activities and uniforms, citing fragmentation across the sector as a challenge for integration.